Snacks eaten by youths in the UK & Ireland 2014

This statistic shows the distribution of youth (10-15 years) snacking occasions in the UK and Ireland in 2014, by snack type. According to the survey conducted for Bord Bia Irish Food board, on 16 percent of occasions youths aged 11 to 15 ate confectionery snacks. Crisps and other salted snacks were also eaten on an equal proportion of occasions.

Distribution of youth (10-15 years) snacking occasions in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland in 2014, by snack type

Characteristic	Share of snacking occasions
Confectionery	16%
Crisps/ salted	16%
Fruit	11%
Bread/rolls and Crackers	11%
Diary and Ice-cream	8%
Sweet Bakery	7%
Biscuits (sweet)	7%
Fast food	6%
Non confectionery bars	5%
Breakfast food	5%
Hot and cold cooked foods	4%
Drinks	4%

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Release date

March 2014

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Region

Ireland, United Kingdom

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

3,000 respondents

Age group

10-15 years

Special properties

All youth snacking occasions (4,886)

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Research was conducted in two phases as follows:
Qualitative: four focus groups with 16-35 year olds in Ireland and several online discussion groups in the UK, with 56 respondents broken down by life stage and region.
Quantitative: online survey across Ireland and the UK with nationally represetative sample of 3,000 respondents, plus additional data from mums recording a 'snacking' diary for kids aged 10-15 years (= 4,886 snacking occasions).

The source states that findings between Ireland and the UK were very similar and therefore outlined figures are an average across both markets. In total the data covers 12,244 snacking occasions.

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